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Berwyn, Ill., assignors to General Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, a corporation of Delaware Original application March 12, 1952, Serial No.v 276,164. Divided and this application April 4, 1955, Serial N0. 498,803

12 Claims. (Cl. 179-18) The present inventio-n relates to automatic telephone systems involving toll recording facilities, and more particularly to improved systems of the general character disclosed in the copending application of Douglas O. Baird and Raymond G. Bielenberg, Serial No. 231,728, filed June l5, 1951, now Patent No. 2,739,184, granted on f March 20, 1956, in which short or suburban toll calls are set-up directly by subscribers at calling subscriber substations, without the assistance of operators, and in which records are automatically produced in conjunction with such toll calls for subscriber billing purposes. This application is a division of the copending application of Douglas O. Baird and Raymond G. Bielen'berg, Serial No. 276,164, filed March 12, 1952.

Each oiiice of an automatic telephone system ofthe character noted usually comprises a plurality of trunks terminating in switching apparatus, a plurality of registertranslators, and equipment responsive to the presence of a calling line for connecting the calling line to an idle one of the trunks and for connecting an idle one of the registentranslators to the one trunk. The subscriber at the subscriber substation on the calling line then proceeds' to dial the three oice code digits of the desired or called office and the four numerical digits of the desired or called subscriber line therein. The one register-transla# tor registers the three office code digitsy and determines therefrom whether the call is to be completed in the local office of the calling subscriber line or in a remote otlice; In the event it is determined that the call is to be completed in the local office, the register-translator is dismissed after registering the third officev code digit so that the four numerical digits dialed over the calling line are effective `directly to operate the switching apparatus terminating the one trunk in order to extend the connection from the one trunk to the called line in the local office. On the other hand, in the event it is determined that the call is to be completed in a remote office, the register'- translator is held and later effects operation of the switching apparatus terminating the one trunk to select a trunk line extending' to the remote o-fiice, or at least to a tandem onice in route to the remote oice, and then transmits digits' over the trunk line noted so that other equipment' and switching apparatus may be controlled to complete the connection to the called line in the remote oce. Theconnection between the one trunk and the trunk line over which the toll call is completed includes equipment for accumulating items of record information in conjunction with the toll call; and facility is provided for recording the items noted fo-r billing purposes.

A telephone system of the character noted is quite satisfactory in operation; however, the number of registertranslators required in each office is rather largesince a register-translator is employed in conjunctionwith the extension of each call regardless of whether the call ultimately proves to be a local call or a toll call.

While it has been proposed' that the switching` apparatus in each o-flice be arranged so that the trunkto which the register-translator is connected is seized bythe 2,881,260 Patented Apr. 7, 1959 switching apparatus only in the event of the eritensionofV a toll call from the calling line, no simple arrangement of equipment to achieve this result has been suggested due primarily to the diniculty that the trunk noted must 'be selected by the switching apparatus in response to certain first oice code digits and in response to certain com binations o-f first and second office code digits and in re- .sponse to certain combinations of first and second and third oice code digits, and the value of each of the oice code digits noted employed in the operation of the switch`-, ing apparatus to seize the trunk must be recaptured and registered subsequent to operation of the switching apparatus to lseize the trunk.

Accordingly, it is a general object of the present invention to provide improved apparatus for setting-up telephone connections in an automatic telephone system that,`

employs at `the -calling oice first and second and third groups of toll links that are respectively selected by op-` eration of subscriber-controlled automatic switching apparatus respectively in response to certain first called office co-de digits, combinations of first and second called office code digits, and to certain combinations of first and second and third called office code digits, wherein the selected toll link is operated automatically by the mere selection thereof to recapture the one or two or three, particular called office code digits employed in the selecting operation of the automatic switching apparatus,

then to complete a connection therefrom to an idle trunk.

line extending to the called office, or at least to a tandem onice in route to the called office, and then to send therefrom over the connected trunk line the recaptured one or two or three called oice codedigits, and whereinV the mere selection of the toll link effects the automatic4 identification of the directory number of the calledlsubscriber line connected thereto by the automatic switching apparatus and the' automatic registration therein of the digits of the directory number thus identified..

Another object of the invention is to provide in an automatic telephone system of the character noted, an improved electronic arrangement for identifying the directory number of a calling subscriber line conectedk to a toll link, and an improved marking arrangement for recording the digits of the directory number thus identified in the selected toll link.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a telephone system of the character noted; wherein the subscriber lines are arranged in first and second classes, an improved arrangement affording access tothe toll links to the subscriber lines of the rst class and denying access to the toll links to they subscriber lines of the secondv class.

A further object of the invention isto provide n a' telephone' system of the character noted, an improved arrangement for selectively changing the class of any-v subscriber line in a simple and easy manner.

Further features of the invention pertain to the par?" ticular arrangement of the circuit elements of the tele phone system, whereby the above-outlined and additional operating features thereof are attained.

Section I The general arrangement of the telephone system corporatingv apparatus embodyingv thev presentl invention;

Fig. 2 isa' schematic diagram of the'general arrangement" of the apparatusl incorporated in oneof the oliices ofjthe'-, system shown in Fig. 1; Figs. 3-12, inclusive, taken together, illustrate the details of certain of the apparatus incorporated in the office shown in Fig. 2, which apparatus has embodied therein the features of the invention as briey outlined above; Fig. 13 illustrates the modeof combining Figs. 3-12, inclusive, to form a unified diagram, Fig. 14 illustrates a modification in one of the line circuits and in one of the toll recording links that may be substituted in the corresponding circuits of Figs. 3 and respectively; and Fig. 15 illustrates a modification in the trunking plan that may be substituted for part of that illustrated in Fig. 2.

More particularly, Fig. 3 illustrates the details of one of the line circuits incorporated in the office noted; Fig. 4 illustrates the general arrangement of some of the switching apparatus incorporated in the office noted; Figs. 5 to 10, inclusive, taken together, illustrate the details of one of the toll recording links of the one-digit recapture type incorporated in the office noted; Fig. 11 illustrates the details of a fragmentary portion of one of the toll recording links of the two-digit recapture type incorporated in the office noted; and Fig. 12 illustrates the details of a fragmentary portion of one of the toll recording links of the two-digit recapture type incorporated in the office noted; and Fig. 12 illustrates the details of a fragmentary portion of one of the toll recording links of the three-digit recapture type incorporated in the office noted.

Referring now to Fig. 1, the telephone system there illustrated serves an area comprising a number of offices, eight of which are -illustrated as: RAvenswood 3, RAndolph 6, WAbash 2, Llncoin 8, SPring 9, YUkon 5, MAdison 3, and MOnroe 6. Each of the offices noted is of the automatic type and serves a maximum of 10,000 subscriber lines; and each of the offices comprises apparatus for establishing local connections between the various subscriber substations therein, apparatus for extending connections from the various subscriber substations therein to the other offices, apparatus for completing connections extended from the other offices to the subscriber substation therein, and apparatus for extending tandem connections between various of the other offices. Also each of the offices comprises equipment for automatically producing toll records in conjunction with completed toll connections involving calling subscriber substations thererTheRAS ofiice and the RA6 ofiice are interconnected by a group of trunk lines, including the trunk line 240; the RA6 office and the WAZ-office are interconnected by a group of trunk lines, including the trunk line 230; the RAS office and the L18 office are interconnected by a group of trunk lines, including the trunk line 110; the L18 office and the RA6 office are interconnected by a group of trunk lines, including the trunk line 220; the L18 ofce and the SP9 office are interconnected by a group of trunk lines, including the trunk line 116; the LIS office and the MA3 office are interconnected by a group of trunk lines, including the trunk line 111; the RA6 office and the SP9 ofiice are interconnected by a group of trunk lines, including the trunk line 210; the SP9 ofiice and the WA2 office are interconnected by a group of trunk lines, including the trunk line 112; the SP9 oice and the M06 office are interconnected by a group of trunk lines, including the trunk line 114; and the WAZ office and the YUS ofiice are interconnected by a group of trunk lines, including the trunk line 113. In the telephone system and with reference to the RA6 office, the group of trunk lines 240, etc., comprises a first choice route to the RA3 ofiice, while the group of trunk lines 220, etc., comprises a second choice route to the RAB oice via the L18 office in tandem relation. Similarly, wthreference to the RA6 office, the group of trunk lines 230, etc., comprises a first choice route to the WAZ office, while the group of trunk lines 219, etc., comprises a second choice route to the WA2 office via thc SP9 Office in tandem relation.

Referring now to Fig. 2, in the RA6 office, two of the subscriber substations T1 and T2 are illustrated as being connected to the subscriber lines having the respective directory numbers: 7930 and 7981. Each of the subscriber lines is provided with a line circuit individual thereto, the line circuits 300 and 400 being individual to the respective subscriber lines 7930 and 7981. Moreover, the subscriber lines 7930, etc., are of first and second classes depending upon whether or not the subscriber lines are entitled to access to the toll recording equipment and consequently to automatic suburban toll call service. Specifically, any subscriber line may be readily converted between the first and second classes by the manipulation of a plug with respect to an associated jack in the terminating line circuit, as explained more fully hereinafter. Also the RA6 office comprises a local switch train, including a plurality of finder-first selector groups respectively associated with the individual hundred line groups of subscriber lines. The group of finderrst selectors associated with the 7900 group of subscriber lines includes the finder-first selector, consisting of the finder 360 and the first selector 410. Accordingly, the finder 360 has access to the 7900 group of subscriber lines, including the subscriber lines 7930 and 7981 illustrated. Also this group of finder-first selectors is provided with an associated distributor 341 that is operatively associated with the line circuits 400, 300, etc., of the subscriber lines in the 7900 group.

Further, the local switch train comprises appropriate groups of second selectors there being illustrated, the sixth group of second selectors, including the second selector 411 that is accessible via the associated trunk 412 to the first selectors 410, etc., and the seventh group of second selectors, including the second selector 413 that is accessible via the associated trunk 414 to the first selectors 410, etc. Also the local switch train comprisesv appropriate groups of third selectors, there being illustrated, the second group of third selectors including the third selector 415 that is accessible via the associated trunk 416 to the second selectors in the seventh group 413, etc. Also the local switch train comprises appropriate groups of fourth selectors, there being illustrated the sixth group of fourth selectors including the fourth selector 417 that is accessible via the associated trunk 418 to the third selectors in the second group 415, etc. Also the local switch train comprises appropriate groups of fifth selectors, there being illustrated the seventh group of fifth selectors including the fifth selector 419 that is accessible via the associated trunk 420 to the fourth selectors 417, etc. Finally, the local switch train comprises appropriate groups of connectors, there being illustrated the ninth group of connectors including the connector 421 that is accessible via the associated trunk 422 to the fifth selectors 419, etc. The connectors 421, etc., in turn, have access to the 7900 group of subscriber lines including the subscriber lines 7930 and 7981, respectively extending to the subscriber substations T1 and T2.

Alsoin the RA6 ofiice, there are provided an appropriate group of toll recording links of the one-digit recapture type 500, etc., that are accessible via associated trunks 510, etc., to the various first selectors 410, etc.; an appropriate group of toll recording links of the twodigit recaptutre type 1100, etc., that are accessible via associated trunks 1110, etc., to the various second selectors 411, 413, etc.; and an appropriate group of toll recording links of the three-digit recapture type 1200, etc.` that are accessible via associated trunks 1210, etc., to the various third selectors 415, etc. Specifically, in the example illustrated, the trunk 510 extending to the toll recording link 500 is accessible in the third, fifth and ninth levels of the first selectors 410, etc.; the trunk 1110 extending to the toll recording link 1100 is accessible in the second and sixth levels of the second selectors 411, etc., and in the seventh levels of the second selectors 413, etc.; and the trunk 1210 extending to the toll recordinglink 1200'is accessible in the first, thirdandv seventh levels of the third selectors 415, etc. Each of the toll recording links 500, 1100, 1200, etc., terminates in an automatic switch individual thereto; and an allotter 520 is. provided that is commonly associated with the toll recording links 500, etc., and has access thereto, for a purpose more fully explained hereinafter. Further, a marking cable 370 is provided that is commonly associated with each of the line circuits 400, 300, etc., and with each of the toll recording links 500, 1100, 1200, etc., that is employed in an identifying arrangement, described more fully subsequently. Further, there is provided a manual and intercept operator position 423 that is accessible via a group of trunks 424, etc., to the variousl As illustrated, the' selectors in the local switch train. trunk 424 is accessible in the Iirst, second, fourth, eighth and tenth levels of the first selectors 410, etc., and accessible'in the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth and tenth levels of the second selectors 413, etc., and accessible in the second, fourth, fifth, eighth, ninth and tenth levels of the third selectors 415, etc., and accessible in certain levels, not shown, of the second selectors 411, etc. As shown in Fig. 2 in the RA6 oliice, the trunky lines 210, 220, 230, 240, etc., terminate in trunk circuits 211, 221, 231, 241, etc., individual thereto, that are provided with individual incoming trunks 213 223, 233, 243, etc., as well as individual outgoing trunks 212, 222, 232, 242, etc., terminating in individual line switches 214, 224, 234, 244, etc. provided that is accessible to the various line switches 214, 224, 234, 244, etc. Each of the incoming links 250, etc., is provided with an associated terminating trunk selector 251, etc., and an individual finder 252, etc. trunk selectors 251, etc., terminating the incoming links 250, etc., have access to the various incoming trunksv 213, 223, 233, 234, etc., extending to the trunk circuits 211, 221, 231, 241, etc., terminating the trunk lines 210, 220, 230, 240, etc. Moreover, the trunks 213, 223, 233, 243, etc., are also accessible to the automatic switches respectively terminating the toll recording links 500, 1100, 1200, etc. Further, the finders 252, etc., individual to the incoming links 250, etc., have access to aA group of register translators 253, etc. Finally, the switchtrain in the RAG office comprises a group of oliice selectors 201, etc., that are accessible via individual trunks 207., etc., to the trunk selectors 251, etc.; the oice selectors 201, etc., having access to the various groups of` fourth selectors 417, etc., via the associated trunks 418, etc. As illustrated, the trunk selectors 251, etc., and the various automatic switches respectively terminating the toll recording links 500, 1100, 1200, etc., have access to the trunks 243, 233, 223 and 213 in the respective second, fourth, sixth and eighth levels thereof; and the trunk selectors 251, etc., have access to the trunks 202, etc., in the tenth levels thereof. Finally, it is noted that each of the toll recording links 500, 1100, 1200, etc., cornprises toll recording equipment individually incorporatedtherein and essentially including a magnetic recorded, as explained more fully hereinafter.

In view of the foregoing, it will be understood that each of the other otiices RA3, etc., is provided with apparatus substantially identical to that described above in conjunction with the RA6 office.

Section 2.-The apparatus incorporated in the telephone system ln the RA6 oiiice, each of the subscriber substations T1, etc., is provided with conventional subscriber substation apparatus, including a telephone instrument, a dial mechanism, and a ringer. Preferably the iinders 360, etc., the various selectors 201, 410, 411, 413, 415, 417, 419, etc., and the connectors 421, etc., are of conventional Strowger types.

The line circuits 300, 400, etc., may be substantially identical; and the line circuit 300, illustrated in Fig. 3,

A group of incoming links 250, etc., is

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6 compriscsfav relayfgroup, including a cutoi'relay R310,l aline-relayI R320, and a lockout relay R330". Also the line circuit 300 comprises al lockout tone transformer 342 andja jack 355 that isf adapted to receive an associated plug356` terminating a gaseous discharge tube 357; the lockout tone transformer 342 and the gaseous discharge tubey 35,7 'comprising a portion of an arrangement that is employed for the purpose of converting the subscriber line- 7930-terminated by the line circuit 300 between ther first and second'classes, previously mentioned. More specically,.the subscriber linel 7930 may be converted from the first class that is entitled to automatic surburban toll dialing service to the second class that is denied this servicemerely by inserting the plug 356 into the jack 355, as explained more fully hereinafter. Also the line circuit 300-isprovided with four groups of gaseousdis charge tubes, 371, etc., 372, etc., 373, etc., and 375, etc., that'are commonly connected to the control conductor- 353 of the subscriber line 7930 extending tothe associated finders 360, etc.v The marking cable 370 comprises four groupsl of marking conductors T370, H370, D370 and U370 respectively corresponding to the thousand, the hundred, the ten and the unit digits of the directory number of the-various subscriber lines 7930, etc. Each of the groups of marking conductors T370, etc., includesV four individual marking conductors respectively constituting they W, X, Y and Z marking conductors of a WXYZ code marking system. Accordingly, in the line circuit300, the one or more gaseous discharge tubes 371, etc., are connected to the individual marking conductors in the group-T370,- in accordance with the thousand digit of the directory number of the subscriber line 7930, which arrangement requires only one tube 371 connected to the W conductor in the group T370 in accordancey with ,the-digit v7 in the :usual WXY Z code marking system. Similarly, the one or more gaseous discharge tubes 372, etc.,rare connected to the individual markingconductors` in the-group H370,-in' accordance with the hundred digitV ofA the directory.` number of the subscriber line 7930, which arrangement requiresonly one tube 372 connected' to'the'Y conductor in the group H370 in accordance with the digit 9 in thel usual WXYZ code marking system. Similarly the one or more gaseous discharge tubes 373, etc.,v are connected to the individual marking conductorsV in thegroup D370 in accordance with the ten digit of the directory number of the subscriber line 7930, which arrangement requires two tubes 373 and 374, respectively connected vto the W and Z conductors in the group D370- in accordance with the digit 3 in the usual WXYZ code marking system. Finally, the one or more gaseous discharge tubes 375, etc., are connected to the individual marking conductors/in the group U370 in accordance with the unit digit of the directory number of the subscriber linef7930, which arrangement requires only one tube 375 connected to theY Z conductor in thegroup U370 in accordance Awiththe, digit 0 in the usual WXY Z code marking system.v Preferably vthe various tubes 371, etc., are, removably received in associated jacks or fixtures commonly:terminating the conductor 353 and respectively terminating thefvarious marking conductors in the groups T370, etc.,;,so that the various tubes 371, etc., may be readily changedwith respect to the associated jacks or fxturesfinthe event of a change in the directory number of the subscriber line terminated by the associated line circuit 300, etc.

Inview of -the above, it will be understood that while the line circuit. 400 is substantially identical to the line circuit 300, the various tubes incorporated therein are plugged into the associated fixtures or jacks in accordancewith thedirectory number 7981, which it may be assumed has'been assigned to the terminated subscriber line 7981.

Also in the RAG oice, the distributors 341etc., and the operator position 423 may be of conventional type; while the trunk circuits 211, etc., the incoming links 250,.etc., the,trunk se1ectors251, etc., and the register 7 translators 253,'etc., may be of any suitable' type, and are preferably of the character of the corresponding pieces of apparatus disclosed in the previously-mentioned application of Douglas 0. Baird and Raymond G. Bielenber'g, Serial No. 231,728; and in the last-mentioned application, a trunk circuit (corresponding to the trunk circuit 2.11) is illustrated at 300 in Fig. 3 thereof, an incoming llnk (corresponding to the incoming link 250) is illustrated at 400 in Fig. 4 thereof, a trunk selector (correspondlng to the trunk selector 251) is illustrated at 450 1n Fig. 4 thereof, and a register translator (corresponding to the register translator 253) is illustrated at 900 in Figs. 9 and 10 thereof.

Ihe toll recording links of the one-digit recapture type 500, etc., may be identical; and the link 500 illustrated in Figs. 5 to 10, inclusive, comprises a relay group including a line relay R530, a hold relay R540. a switch relay R550, a register relay R560, an identity relay R570, a record relay R580, a line relay R590, a hold relay R610, an answer relay R620, a shunt relay R630, a series relay R635, a step relay R640, a switch-through relay R650, a gang relay R710, a pickup relay R720, a start relay R730, a series relay R810, a step relay R815, a lockout relay R820, a plurality of recapture relays, three of which are illustrated at R830, R835 and R840, two route relays R850 and R860, a busy relay R910, a shunt relay R920, a stop-send relay R930, a release relay R1015, and a gang relay R1030. In passing, it is noted that the recapture relays R830, R835 and R840 respectively correspond to the recaptured digits 3. 5 and 9 and are respectively operated when the incoming trunk 510 extending to the toll recording link 500 is selected in the respective third, fifth and ninth levels of the first selectors 410, etc.

Also the toll recording link 500 comprises four groups of WXYZ storage relays 1001, 1002, 1003 and 1004 that are employed for the purpose of storing the respective thousand, hundred, ten and unit digits of the directory number of a calling subscriber line connected thereto, as well as six storage switches or registers O2. 03, N1, N2, N3 and N4 that are employed for the purpose of storing the respective second office code digit, and third ofiice code digit of a three-digit called office code, and the thousand digit, hundred digit, ten digit and unit digit of a fourdigit directory number of a called subscriber line involved in a connection routed via the toll recording link 500. Further, the toll recording link 500 comprises a register sequence switch IRS, a send sequence switch ISS, a digit send switch DS, a record sequence switch RSS, a ten minute timer switch TT, and a unit minute timer switch UT, as well as a source of booster batterv 516, two constantly rotating sending cams 926 and 1045 and a constantly rotating timing cam 712. The booster battery 516 that is provided may be of +70 volts with respect to -48 `volts exchange battery and is provided with a grounded negative terminal and an ungrounded positive terminal; the impulsing cam 926 may have a speed of rotation of about ten revolutions per second, the impulsing cam 1045 may have a speed of rotation of about twenty revolutions per second, and the timing cam 712 has a speed of rotation of one revolution per minute.

Operation of the recapture relay R830 effects the recapture of the first called oflice code digit 3, and registers the first office code digit 3, at the contacts 834, upon the third marking conductor M3 of the group of marking conductors 890; and upon operating, the recapture relays R835 and R840 effect corresponding functions with respect to the first called oice code digits 5 and 9. Also upon operating, the recapture relay R830 effects the registration, at the contacts 833, first and second choice routes between the RA6 oice and the next o'ice to which the connection should be extended based upon the first called oice code digit 3 and dependent upon the positions' of the route relays R850 and R860, as explained more fully hereinafter; and upon operating, the recapture relays R835 and R840 effect corresponding functions with respect to the first called oice code digits 5 and 9.

The olice register O2 is of the minor type including a wiper O21 provided with an associated contact bank, a rotary magnet O22 for driving the wiper noted step by step in the clockwise direction away from its home position, a release magnet O23 for releasing the wiper noted and for causing it to be returned back into its home position, and a set of switch springs O24 that is operated when the wiper noted is driven out of its home position. The office code register O3 and the numerical registers N1, N2, N3 and N4 are identical to the oflice code register O2 and respectively comprise the wipers O31, N11, N21, N31 and N41, the operate magnets O32, N12, N22, N32 and N42, the release magnets O33, N13, N23, N33 and N43, and the sets of switch springs O34, N14, N24, N34 and N44. The register sequence switch IRS is of the minor type including a wiper 1R81, provided with an associated contact bank, a rotary magnet 1RS2 for driving the wiper noted step by step in the clockwise direction away from its home position, a release magnet 1R83 for releasing the wiper noted and for causing it to be returned back into its home position, and a set of switch springs 1RS4 that is operated when the wiper noted is driven out of its home position. The send sequence switch 1SS is of the rotary type including two wipers 1SS1 and 1SS2 provided with individually associated contact banks, a rotary magnet 1SS3 for driving the wipers step by step in the clockwise direction, and a set of switch springs 1SS5 that is operated when the wipers noted are driven out of their home positions. The digit send switch DS is of the rotary type including two wipers DS1 and DS2 provided with individually associated contact banks, and a rotary magnet DS3 for driving the wipers noted step by step in the clockwise direction away from their home positions. The ten minute timer TT is of the minor type including a wiper '1"I`1 provided with an associated contact bank, a rotary magnet TT2 for driving the wiper noted step by step in the clockwise direction away from its home position, a release magnet 'IT3 for releasing the wiper noted and for causing it to be returned back into its home position, and a set of switch springs 'l`T4 that is operated when the wiper noted is driven out of its home position. The unit minute timer UT is of the rotary type, including two wipers UTI and UT2 provided with individually associated contact banks, and a rotary magnet UT3 for driving the wipers noted step by step in the clockwise direction. Finally, the record sequence switch RSS is of the minor type including a wiper RSSI provided with an associated contact bank, a rotary magnet RSS2 for driving the wiper noted step by step in the clockwise direction away from its home position, a release magnet RSSB for releasing the wiper noted and for causing it to be returned back into its home position, and a set of switch springs RSS4 that is operated when the wiper noted is driven out of its home position. Further, the toll recording link 500 comprises a repeater 625 including coupled windings 626, 628 and 627, 629, and is terminated by a switching mechanism 660 of the Strowger type. The mechanism 660 includes a wiper shaft carrying three wipers 661, 662, and 663, a vertical magnet M664 for driving the wiper shaft step by step in the vertical direction away from its normal vertical position, a rotary magnet M665 for driving the wiper shaft step by step in the rotary direction away from its normal rotary position, and a release magnet M667 for releasing the wiper shaft and for causing it to be returned back into its normal rotary and vertical positions. Also associated with the Strowger mechanism 660 are two sets of switch springs S632 and S633 that are operated when the wiper shaft is driven one step in the vertical direction out of its normal vertical position, as well as a set of switch springs S517 that is operated when the wiper shaft is driven eleven steps in the rotary direction away from its normal rotary position. Finally, the toll recording link 500 comprises a magnetic recorder 700 individual thereto and in- 9? cluding a magnetic recording head 706 'carrying anasso'ci-A ated winding 708 and operatively associated 'with'an elongated paramagnetic medium "F01 carried by two reels A702- it may consist of a wire or tape formed of paper or otherv nonmagnetic material and coated with a paramagnetic material.

The to-ll recording links of the two-digit-recapture type 1100 may be identical; and the link 1100, a fragmentary portion of which is illustrated in Fig. 11, comprises an incoming trunk 1110 and a relay group including a plurality of recapture relays, three of the recapture relays being illustrated at R1130, R1135, and R1140, a lockout relay R1120, two route relays R1150 and R1160, etc. In the arrangement, the recapture relays R1130, R1135 and R1140 respectively correspond to the rst and second called oiiice code digit combinations 6-2 and 6-6 and 7-7. Thus the recapture relay R1130 is operated to recapture the combination of the irst and second called office co-de digits 6 and 2 and is operated in response to seizure of the incoming trunk 1110 in the` second level of the second selectors 411, etc. Upon operating, the recapture relay R1130 registers, at the contacts 1131, the first called otiice code digit 6 upon the associated group of marking conductors; registers, at the contacts 1132, the second called oflice code digit 2 upon the associated group of marking conductors; and registers, at the contacts 1133, first and second choice routes between the RA6 oliice and the next oliice to which the connection should be extended based upon the combination of the first and second called office code digits 6 and 2 and dependent upon the positions of the route relays R1150 and R1160, as explained more fully hereinafter. The respective functions of the recapture relays R1135 and R114() in order to bring about the recapture of the combinations of iirst and second called office code digits 6-6 and 7*7 are the same as that of the recapture relay R1130, described above. Further, the toll recording link 1100 comprises the register sequence switch 2RS, the send sequence switch 2SS, etc., as Well as a third called oiice code digit register and four numerical calledl line digit registers. Thus the toll recording link 1100 of the two-digit recapture type is somewhat more simplied than the toll recording` link 500 of the one-digit recapture type in view of the fact that only one called oliice code register is required therein, since the first two of the three called office code digits are recaptured by the recapture relays R1130, etc.

The toll recording links of the three-digit recapturey type 1200, etc., may be identical; and the link 1200.,r

a fragmentary portion of which is illustrated in Fig. l2, comprises an incoming trunk 1210 and a relay group, including a plurality of recapture relays, three of the recapture relays being illustrated `at R1230, R1235 and R1240, a lockout relay R1220, two route-relaysl R1250 and K126i), etc. 1n the arrangement, the recapture relays R1230, R1235 and R1240 respectively correspond to theV rst and'second and third called oihce code digit combinations: 7-2-1 and 7-2-3 and 7-2-7. Thus the recapture relay R1230 is operated to recapture the combination of the iirst and second and third called c-flice code digits 7 and 2 and l and is operated in response to seizure of the incoming trunk'1210 in the iirst level of the third selectors 415, letc. Upon operating,the recapture relay R1230 registers, at the contacts 1231, the first called oicecode digit 7 upon the associated group of marking conductors; registers, at the contacts 1232, the second called office code digit 2 uponY the as- Sociated group of marking conductors; registers, at the contact's"12'33,"tlie third called'otce codezdigitl upon` the associated group of marking conductors; and registers, at the contacts 1234, rst and second choice routes between th'e RA6 otiice and the next oice to which the connection should be extended, based upon the combination of the first and second and third called oflice code digits 72-1 and -dependentupon the' positions of the route relays R1250 and K126i), as explained more fully hereinafter. The respective functions of the recapture relays R1235 and R1240 in order to bring about the recapture of the combinations. of the rst and second and third called oflice code digits 7-243 and 7-2-7 are the same as that ofthe recapture relay R1230, de

scribed above. Further, the toll recording link 1200 comprises the register sequence switch 3RS, the send sequence switch 3SS, etc., as' well as four numerical called line digit registers. Thus the toll recording link 1200 of the three-digit recapture type is somewhat more simplified than the toll recording link 1100 of the twodigit recapture type, in View of the fact that no called otiice code register is required therein, since all of the three called oice code digits are recaptured by the recapture relays R1230, etc.

The allotter 520 that is commonly associated with the toll recording links 500, 1100, 1200, etc., comprises as illustrated in Fig. 5, a stop relay R525, a common start conductor 527, individual conductors 528, etc., extending to the respective links 500, etc., and a rotary switch 521, including a wiper 522 provided with an associated contact bank terminating the conductors 528, etc., as well as a rotary magnet M523 for driving the wiper noted step by step in the clockwise direction.

The connection and arrangement of the apparatus incorporated in'the telephone system will best be understood from the following description of the setting-up of various telephone connections therein.

Section 3.-Local `calls in the RA6 oce Considering now the extension of a local call from a calling subscriber substation to a called subscriber substation in the RA6 oce, such, for example, as a call from the calling subscriber substation T1 to the called subscriber substation T2, the subscriber at the calling subscriber substation T1 initiates the call and then dials the called oliice code RA6 (726) followed by the numerical designation 7981 of the subscriber line extending to the called subscriber substation T2. When the call is initiated at the calling subscriber substation T1, a loop circuit, including the line conductors 351 and 352 of the subscriber line 7930, as well as the contacts 311, 312 and 333, is completed for energizing in series the upper and lower windings of the line relay R320 in the line circuit 300 individual to the calling subscriber line 7930, whereby the line relay R320 operates. Upon operating the line relay R320 interrupts, at the contacts 324, the normal con nectionfrom battery potential via the winding of the cutoff relay R310'to the control conductor 354 of the subscriber line 7930; and completes, at the contacts 323, a path for applying direct ground potential to the control conductor 354; -whereby the subscriber line 7930 is marked as busy to the connectors in the local switch train having access thereto. Also the line relay R320 completes, at the contacts 321, a connection from battery potential via the winding of the cutoff relay R310 to the control conductor 353 of the subscriber line 7930 appearing before the tinders' 360, etc. Finally, the line relay R320 completes, at the contacts 322, a path, including the contacts 33S, for applying ground potential to the start conductor 340 extending to the distributor 341 that is associated with the group of inders 360, ctc;

More particularly, the distributor 341 is governed `to etect the assignment of anidle one of the finder-selector links, such, for example,` as.4 the linlc'illustratedv consisting of the tinder` 360 `and the first selector 410; whereby' the `finder 360 is operated `to nd.thez.calling su-bscribertline 7930; whereby'ground potential in the first selector 410 is applied to the control conductor 353 of the subscriber line 7930 completing a circuit substantially identical to that previously traced for energizing the winding of the cutoff relay R310 so as to cause the latter relay to operate. Upon operating the cutoff relay R310 completes, at the contacts 314, a substantially identical holding circuit for energizing the winding thereof; interrupts, at the contacts 311 and 312, the connection between the upper and lower windings of the line relay R320 and the line conductors 351 and 352 of the calling subscriber line 7930; and prepares, at the contacts 313, a test connection for energizing the upper winding of the lockout relay R330. The last-mentioned test connection includes the jack 355 and the plug 356 terminating the gaseous discharge tube 357 and is employed only in the event that the calling subscriber line 7930 is of the second-class; and for the present purpose, it may be assumed thatthe calling subscriber line 7930 is of the first-class, whereby the plug 356 is disconnected from the jack 355. At this time the loop cir-cuit from the calling subscriber line 7930 is extended via the contacts 331 and 332 and the operated finder 360 to the line relay in the first selector 410, whereby dial tone is returned over the connection to the `calling subscriber substation T1.

The first selector 410 responds to the first office code digit 7 to select the corresponding group of second selectors and then to select an idle second selector in the selected group; for example, the first selector 410 may select the trunk 414 extending to the second selector 413. The second selector 413 responds to the second office code digit 2 to select the corresponding group of third selectors and then to select an idle third selector in the selected group; for example, the second selector 413 may select the trunk 416 extending to the third selector 415. The third selector 415 responds to the third office code digit 6 to select the corresponding group of fourth selectors and then to select an idle fourth selector in the selected group; for example, the third selector 415 may select the trunk 418 extending to the fourth selector 417. The fourth selector 417 responds to the first numerical digit 7 to select the corresponding group of fifth selectors and then to select an idle fifth selector in the selected group; for example, the fourth selector 417 may select the trunk 420 extending to the fifth selector 419. The fifth selector responds to the second numerical digit 9 to select the corresponding group of connectors and then to select an idle connector in the selected group; for example, the fifth selector 419 may select the trunk 422 extending to the connector 421. The connector 421 responds to the third numerical digit 8 and to the four numerical digit l to select the subscriber line 7981 extending to the called subscriber substation T2.

The subsequent operation of the connector 421 depends upon the idle or busy condition of the called subscriber substation T2 at this time. First assuming that the called subscriber substation T2 is busy, the connector 421 operates the return busy tone over the connection back to the calling subscriber substation T1, whereby the subscriber thereat releases the connection in a conventional manner. Now assuming that the called subscriber substation T2 is idle, the connector 421 operates to project ringing current over the called subscriber line 7981 and 'o return ring-back tone over the connection to the calling subscriber substation T1. Subsequently, when the subscriber at the called subscriber substation T2 answers the call, the connector 421 operates to interrupt the projection of ringing current over the subscriber line 7981, to interrupt the return of ring-back tone over the connection to the calling subscriber substation T1, and to reverse the polarity of battery over the connection between the connector 421 and the calling subscriber substation T1; which reversal of battery potential over the connection noted may be employed in the line circuit 300 individual to the calling subscriber line 7930, for metering pur- 12 poses, in a conventional manner, not shown. At the con-` clusion of the established connection, the subscribers at the calling and called subscriber substations T1 and T2 disconnect, whereby all of the apparatus involved in the established connection is released and rendered available for further use.

In view of the foregoing description of the mode of establishing a local connection between a calling subscriber substation and a called subscriber substation in the RA6 ofiice, it will be understood that in a substantially identical manner local connections may be completed between calling and called subscriber substations in the other offices RA3, WAZ, etc.

Section 4.-0perator and intercepted calls in the RA6 oce In order to complete a connection from a calling subscriber substation in the RA6 office to the manual and intercept operator position 423 therein, the subscriber at the calling subscriber substation, such, for example, as the subscriber substation Tlx initiates the call and then dials the single digit 0. Also it will be observed that the other single digits 1, 2, 4 and 8 bring about the interception of the call at the manual and intercept operator position 423. Furthermore the two-digit combinations 7l, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79 and 70 bring about the interception of the call at the local and intercept operator position 423. Finally, the three-digit combinations 722, 724, 725, 728, 729 and 720 bring about the interception of the call at the manual and intercept operator position 423. This interception of the calls noted above takes place by virtue of the circumstance that the trunks 424, etc., extending to the position 423 commonly terminate in the first, second, fourth, eighth and tenth levels of the first selectors 410, etc., commonly terminate in the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth and tenth levels of the second selectors 413, etc., and commonly terminate in the second, fourth, fifth, eighth, ninth and tenth levels of the third selectors 415, etc. The answering of a call at the position 423 is entirely conventional and the subsequent release of the established connection thereto from the calling subscriber substation T1 takes place when the calling subscriber substation T1 disconnects.

In view of the foregoing description of operator and intercepted calls in the RA6 oice, it will be understood that similar calls in the other oflices RA3, WAZ, etc., may be completed in an analagous manner.

Section 5.-A call from a first class subscriber substation in the RA6 oce to a subscriber substation in the WAZ oce Considering the extension of a call from a first class subscriber substation in the RA6 office to a subscriber substation in the WAZ ofiice, such, for example, as a call from the calling subscriber substation T1 in the RA6 oflice to the subscriber substation terminated by the subscriber line 1234 in the WAZ office, it is again noted that the subscriber line 7930 extending to the calling subscriber substation T1 is rendered of the first class by the removal of the plug 356 terminating the gaseous discharge tube 357 from the associated jack 355 in the line circuit 300 individual to the subscriber line 7930. The subscriber at the calling subscriber substation T1 initiates the call and then dials the called office code WA2 (922) followed by the numerical designation 1234 of the called subscriber line. When the call is initiated at the calling subscriber substation T1, the finder-first selector link illustrated may be employed; whereby the finder 360 finds the calling subscriber line 7930 and the first selector 410 responds to the first ofice code digit 9. More particularly, the first selector 410 selects the corresponding group of trunks, including the trunk 510, and then an idle trunk in the selected group. Specifically the first selector 410 may select the trunk 510 extending to the toll recording link of the one-digit recapture type 500, the trunk 510 

